Tommy James and the Shondells: Ball of Fire Meaning
Song Released: 1969
Ball of Fire Lyrics
Pretty and red, pretty and red
Flowers dyin' in their bed
Oh, yeah
Why is everyone crying, mmm, hmm
Don't you know you can see
Shining down on you and me, yeah
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
Keeps...
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As a child who lived through the Cuban missile crisis, I always felt the song is about first seeing a nuclear explosion and then experiencing all the destructiveness and horrors that follow.
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I thought it was about no matter what bad things happen to us. The LORD is watching over us until the day we accept him,but until that time HE still watches over us because he loves us no matter what.
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Once I found the lyrics it struck me as being about someone shot dead in Vietnam (as a 2 tour vet)! Beautiful in its impact!
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After traumatic experiences that spirit is still watching over and looking after u, i came to believe what this song meant after my brother passed away, it was his favourite song and the more i listened to the lyrics i noticed how it made sense to me. It makes me feel warm inside, i like to think he is still close to me
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Definatly revelation of 91
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I totally agree .
I was in 7th grade .
Towers are falling tumbling down......
After 911 I pointed that out to some folks .
Needless to say .
I'm crazy.
Don't think so
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The ball of fire is naturally the sun but much of lyrics don't fit until the ball of fire appears in the sky on 9-11 and then the towers fall, tumbling down tumbling down
And that is why everyone is crying.
Then the angels sing.
Listen.
A prophetic song, Tommy James was both studying the book of Revelation and doing mind-altering drugs at the time inspiring the song crystal blue persuasion. -
GOD
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